Negotiating Trauma and Teaching Law
Best Practices for Legal Education (by Melanie Daily) — Professor Daily (University of Kansas Law) discusses Mallika Kaur’s (UC Berkeley Law) Journal of Law and Social Policy article “Negotiating Trauma & Teaching Law,” that explores how law professors can navigate emotional discussions in the classroom.
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Above the Law (by LawProfBlawg) — Anonymous law professor “LawProfBlawg” presents an exam for bar examiners, reflecting on the challenges that students face preparing for the exam under difficult conditions.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Baylor Law Review article by dean April Barton (Duquesne Law) that examines leadership development as an important component of the future of legal education.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares an Arkansas Law Review article by Catherine Martin Christopher (Texas Tech Law) that examines how law schools can embrace students’ academic challenges to help them grow and succeed as lawyers.
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares Lael Daniel Weinberger’s (Harvard Law) Loyola University Chicago Law Journal article where he argues that keeping online legal education past the pandemic could reduce the cost of and expand access to law school while improving access to justice.
Read More about Keep Distance Education For Law Schools: Online Education, The Pandemic, And Access To JusticeImportant New Legal Education Article by Neil Hamilton
Legal Skills Prof Blog (by Legal Skills Prof) — Author shares highlights from Neil Hamilton’s (University of St. Thomas Law) Baylor Law Review article, “The Major Transitions in Professional Formation and Development from Being a Student to Being a Lawyer Present Opportunities to Benefit the Students and the Law School.”
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Indisputably (by John Laude) – Professor Lande (University of Missouri Law) looks at how lawyers and mediators make decisions in legal disputes and offers suggestions on how law professors can prepare students for the kinds of choices they will need to make during practice.
Read More about Teaching Students To Think Like PractitionersCalifornia Western School of Law Adopts Unitary Tenure Track Policy
Legal Writing Prof Blog (by Legal Writing Prof) — California Western School of Law has announced that the faculty and Board of Trustees have voted to adopt a unitary tenure track. This change to the institution’s Faculty Bylaws creates opportunities for its clinical, Legal Skills, and other skills professors who were hired as full-time faculty to…
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TaxProf Blog (by Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice article by Christopher Williams (University of Chicago law) that examines law schools’ role in creating the barriers that Black law students face on the path to becoming lawyers.
Read More about Williams: Law Schools As Gatekeepers Of The Profession98% Of The Way Through The Fall 2021 Law School Admissions Cycle: Applicants Are Up 14%, With Biggest Increase (66%) Among The 170+ LSAT Band
TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares the latest law school applicant data from LSAC for fall 2021.
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